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girl 6 years old produces /a/ for /e/
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sms in San Juan, Puerto Rico

11 months ago

I have a new little girl that produces /a/ for /e/. Does anyone knows how to teach her to say the /e/. I had ask other SLP but no one seems to know.

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slpgrad in Dekalb, Illinois

11 months ago

At my school external, I had an 8-year-old student do the same thing! It was interesting. It seemed that he would do this especially if there was an /l/ before or after the /e/. I first targeted the sound in isolation but showing him a drawing of how his tongue is supposed to be in his mouth. I also told him to keep the tip of his tongue behind his bottom teeth while making a "bowl" with the rest of his tongue. Once he got it in isolation, I'd move to the words. He became increasingly successful with the words but unfortunately I wasn't there long enough to move forward.
I'd be interested to know if your student also does this with /l/...it's almost as if he was doing it as a coarticulation (which is why I told him to keep that tongue tip down!). It made him sound like he had an accent but both he and his parents were native English speakers.

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Mixer Mike 2 in Baghdad, Iraq

11 months ago

This is weird, but what if you tell her to put her tongue closer to the roof of her mouth? Not my area of expertise though...

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slpgrad in Dekalb, Illinois

11 months ago

Oops! I should have clarified he would say the /a/ sound for "eh" (as in mot instead of met, not mot instead of mate).

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